ENVIRONMENTAL health has been called in to investigate complaints about the high level of noise at Loughborough Students’ Union during Freshers week.

ENVIRONMENTAL health has been called in to investigate complaints about the high level of noise at Loughborough Students’ Union during Freshers week.

Coun David Snartt, chairman of the community safety partnership at the council, said he had received dozens of phone calls and letters about the noise from the Students’ Union building during October.

Part of the event included an outdoor concert by British rockers, The Feeling, which one resident, Ivy Strachan, in Westfield Drive, described as “so loud that it penetrated two lots of double glazing.”

Hilda Puttick, of the Storer and Ashby Road Residents Association (SARG), said: “The volume of music was horrendous. Lots of people I know rang security at the university to complain. It was totally unacceptable and could be heard all across town.”

Around 12 residents also complained to the Environmental Health department at the council.

Alan Twells, head of environmental health, said the department is now working with the university to resolve the issues.

Coun Snartt called the problem “a constant battle”.

He added: “Residents are used to having a quiet summer and then when the students’ come back it hits with a bang.

“I have received quite a few complaints about the noise – residents thought it was that loud it was coming from the next street.”

Coun Snartt said he had also received complaints about anti-social behaviour during Freshers week, including kebab meat being shoved through residents’ doors.

He said: “It’s a case of giving the university the message and then it is down to them to take responsibility.”

David Goss, president of Loughborough Students’ Union, was unavailable for comment.